The words of the Turkish minister are quoted by TASS.

Cavusoglu made such a statement in Rome at the Mediterranean Dialogues conference.

“It is necessary to convince some of our allies who are in favor of continuing the war to put Ukraine at the negotiating table [with Russia],” he said.

Cavusoglu admitted that it will be more difficult to do this now than in March, when representatives of Ukraine and Russia met in Antalya and Istanbul.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the United States and Great Britain were afraid of the agreements reached in March between Russia and Ukraine, therefore they forbade Kyiv to continue the negotiation process with Moscow.